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Friday, 17 February 2017

N100m Suit: Majeck Fashek Move Against Timi Dakolo Over Copy Right

fresh suits against Timi Dakolo is allegedly being filed at the court against ‘Wish me well’ crooner by Majek
Fashek’s reps sued for copyright infringements.

According to recent reports, Timi
Dakolo may be getting sued for copyright infringement over stealing songs of
Majek Fashek. This follows the 2016 report where Timi Dakolo first got accused
by the Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek of the same allegation which Timi
Dakolo refuted the claims.

The suit, it is said, will be filed
by Majek’s representatives after their return from the United Kingdom towards
the end of March 2017. Timi Dakolo, however, has maintained, with documents to
show, that he has fulfilled all necessary protocols pertaining to legal
permission, by seeking the consent of Fashek’s reps before remaking the hit song in 2012. Uzoma,
Majek’s manager however maintains they will be meeting in court.

“We are not taking this case
lightly. We are just awaiting the arrival of our solicitors from the U.S and
the UK then we will hit the courts. For crying out loud, this guy is making
money from itunes and he did what he did because he thinks in Nigeria, anything
goes. If he can prove as he claimed that he paid for the use of the song and he
can show concrete proof of it then he will go free, but if not, we will
definitely meet in court.”

Timi, in 2016, reacting to the
accusations, in an Instagram post, had said.

“I paid his manager to remake the
song, I have my invoice, I even mentioned to him during our rehearsals at the
Headies. So, honestly I don’t understand this write-up.”

When asked his next line of action,
Dakolo was quoted to have said, “I don’t want to [talk about it anymore]. I
have so much respect for these people. I have never performed that song
anywhere.”